Kasey Kahne Racing with Mike Curb

Kasey Kahne Racing with Mike Curb was formed in 2005. The team employs over 15 people dedicated to sprint car racing.

Joey Saldana drove the No. 9 full-time from 2006 to 2012. In 2006, Saldana achieved 7 wins, including the Kings Royal, and finished third in points. In 2007, he collected 12 wins and finished second in points. In 2008, he had 5 wins and finished fourth in standings. In 2009, Saldana secured 20 feature wins, finishing 3rd in standings. For the 2011 season, Red Bull sponsored Saldana's No. 9 sprint car. In July of that year, at the Kings Royal at Eldora, Saldana experienced a severe crash resulting in a shattered right forearm, a punctured lung, and five broken ribs. He returned to racing a little over two months later. Throughout Saldana's tenure in the No. 9, the car was primarily sponsored by Budweiser.

Daryn Pittman drove the No. 9 full-time from 2013 to 2018. Pittman won the 2013 World of Outlaws championship with KKR, leading the points from start to finish. He followed his championship season in 2014 with 14 wins and 50 top-five finishes, completing the season second in the championship standings. In 2015, Pittman finished third in year-end points after missing some races due to injury. In 2016, the team achieved eight wins and finished second in the points standings. Pittman won three races and finished fourth in the standings in 2017. In 2018, he secured 9 wins and again finished fourth in standings.

James McFadden drove the No. 9 part-time starting in 2019, moving to full-time in 2021. McFadden earned a single win in 2020 while driving part-time. At the start of the 2021 season, McFadden returned to Australia for his son's birth, and Kasey Kahne drove the first six races of 2021 in the No. 9, including a top-five finish at Magnolia Motor Speedway. McFadden concluded 2021 in 7th place in points with two wins. After 2021, he moved to the Roth Motorsports No. 83, switching rides with Kasey Kahne, who replaced him in the No. 9.

Team owner Kasey Kahne drives the No. 9 full-time in the 2023 season. Kahne began racing full-time in the 2022 season and had previously filled in the No. 9 in select races for James McFadden in 2021. Kahne finished the 2022 season in 14th place in the standings, with 2 top-fives and 6 top-tens.

Beginning in 2026, the NAPA Auto Parts sponsorship will move to the KKR No. 9 machine with Daison Pursley taking the wheel in pursuit of a Kubota High Limit Racing championship. Pursley moves to KKR after a successful 2025 campaign driving Tom Buch’s No. 13 machine, which saw him earn 23 top-10 finishes, seven top-five results, and a victory at Lernerville’s Commonwealth Clash, finishing seventh in the standings and claiming the inaugural Rayce Rudeen Foundation Rookie of the Year Award. Prior to that, Pursley won the 2024 USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget Championship.

Cody Darrah drove the No. 4 from 2013 to 2015. He also drove the Nos. 89 and 91 for KKR.

Brad Sweet drives the No. 49 for KKR. He joined World of Outlaws ranks for KKR in 2013, winning the Kings Royal. 2014 was a breakthrough season for Sweet, as he scored rookie-of-the-year honors and five feature wins. Sweet continued to be a threat on the World of Outlaws Series in 2015 with five wins, 31 top-five finishes, and 60 top-ten finishes. In 2016, Sweet won a career-high eight races and captured a series-high 13 quick time awards. In 2017, Sweet and the NAPA AUTO PARTS team captured five wins and 72 top-ten finishes, on their way to second in the season standings. In 2018, he achieved 8 wins and was a runner-up in the Kings Royal to Donny Schatz. Sweet won the Knoxville Nationals in 2018 with a $150,000 payday and won the return to the Terre Haute Action Track. Sweet won five consecutive World of Outlaws titles in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.

Kasey Kahne Racing partnered with Mike Curb in 2026, aiming for an eighth national championship. The team competed in the NASCAR series, not Formula One. No Formula One history exists for this partnership.

KKR has earned 219 World of Outlaws wins, 14 High Limit Racing victories, and seven national championships, along with crown jewel wins like the Knoxville Nationals and Kings Royal.

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